Etymology

tetraallyl

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Today it means: Four allyl groups in a compound Full definition →

English allyl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Latin allium
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  4. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  5. Englishtetra-
  6. Latinālium
  7. Latinallium
  8. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  9. Englishallyl
  10. English todaytetraallyl

From tetra- + allyl.

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